Inland Marshes: Cattails and their Neighbors
"Every botanist would like to know why the lizard-tail spike has a weak nodding tip."
Lizard's tailSaururus cernuus L.

The "Wet" Trees, or Swamp Forest
"The 'wets' of the tree world. Swamp gums are thriving here in 18 inches of water."
Swamp gumNyssa biflora Walt.

Fish Gardens: Aquatic Vegetation
"The arrow-leaved spatter dock graces the stream and pond borders of the coastal plain. Note submerged leaves of the same plant which are very different from the floating ones."
Southern spatterdockNuphar sagittifolia (Walt.) Pursh

Where Winter Never Comes: The Evergreen Shrub-Bogs
"The flower clusters of the bog dog laurel hide under the leaves."
Bog dog-laurelLeucothoe axillaris (Lamarck) D. Don

The Most Beautiful Gardens: The Savannahs or Grass-Sedge Bog
"A group of Venus' fly-traps ready for insect victims."
Venus' fly-trapDionaea muscipula Ellis

Deserts in the Rain: The Wire-Grass Sandhills
"Turkey oak and long leaf pine, the two trees of the coarse sands."
Longleaf pinePinus palustris P. Mill.
Turkey oakQuercus laevis Walt.

The Melting Pot: Old Fields Where Plant Foreigners and Natives Mingle
"It is fall when the broom sedge flowers and fruits."
Broomsedge
Andropogon sp.

The Great Forest: The Upland Shade Gardens
"Nature rapidly reclothes her mountain slopes; second growth timber near Chimney Rock."